The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Том 1Harper, 1905 |
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... labor employed upon it ; the immense condensation of matter ; the luminous arrangement ; the gen- eral accuracy ; the style , which , however monotonous from its uniform stateliness , and sometimes wearisome from its elaborate art , is ...
... labor employed upon it ; the immense condensation of matter ; the luminous arrangement ; the gen- eral accuracy ; the style , which , however monotonous from its uniform stateliness , and sometimes wearisome from its elaborate art , is ...
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... labor ; and the first months of my liberty will be occupied and amused in the excursions of curiosity and taste . By such temptations I have been sometimes seduced from the rigid duty even of a pleasing and voluntary task : but my time ...
... labor ; and the first months of my liberty will be occupied and amused in the excursions of curiosity and taste . By such temptations I have been sometimes seduced from the rigid duty even of a pleasing and voluntary task : but my time ...
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... labor or de- sign , the appearance of art and study . My own amusement is my motive , and will be my reward : and if these sheets are communicated to some discreet and indulgent friends , they will be secreted from the public eye till ...
... labor or de- sign , the appearance of art and study . My own amusement is my motive , and will be my reward : and if these sheets are communicated to some discreet and indulgent friends , they will be secreted from the public eye till ...
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... labor and reward of vanity to extend the term of this ideal longev- ity . Our imagination is always active to enlarge the narrow circle in which Nature has confined us . Fifty or a hundred years may be allotted to an individual ; but we ...
... labor and reward of vanity to extend the term of this ideal longev- ity . Our imagination is always active to enlarge the narrow circle in which Nature has confined us . Fifty or a hundred years may be allotted to an individual ; but we ...
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... labor , he sings , in a strain of self - exultation : 66 Usque huc corrigitur Romana Blasonia per me ; Verborumque dehinc barbara forma cadat . Hic liber , in meritum si forsitan incidet usum , Testis ritè meæ sedulitatis erit ...
... labor , he sings , in a strain of self - exultation : 66 Usque huc corrigitur Romana Blasonia per me ; Verborumque dehinc barbara forma cadat . Hic liber , in meritum si forsitan incidet usum , Testis ritè meæ sedulitatis erit ...
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